Nice-Premium: Thank you for taking some time to answer questions that will certainly help us progress in our investigation. We are looking into a certain Véronique Genest who has allegedly assumed the identity of a police officer at your station.
Julie Lescaut: Yes, Véronique Genest, that name rings a bell. I’ve heard about her. This woman, I think she wants to impersonate me as well. I’m ready for her.
N-P: Do you know her?
J.L.: I know her a little. I think I can see what she’s like. She wants to go redhead like me, she cut her hair like me. I know who she is, but she better watch out because I’ve got my eye on her.
N-P: Is she dangerous?
J.L.: I think she’s dangerous. She’s armed, whereas I have a fake gun, she has a real one. We need to be careful.
N-P: Especially since she’s a repeat offender. Not only did she impersonate a police officer, but also a doctor…
J.L.: She likes taking on people’s identities, probably people she killed before. I even heard she impersonated a woman named Sabine Zlatin during the last World War. We need to be careful. In my opinion, this woman is a psychopath.
N-P: Indeed, in “La Dame d’Izieu,” Véronique Genest took on quite a notable identity.
J.L.: Yes, you have to say she manages to find sympathetic identities. Look at me, for example, Julie Lescaut, who is a wonderful woman, it’s normal for someone to want to resemble me. Indeed, Sabine Zlatin was a remarkable woman. So, she doesn’t just take on any identity. She takes on identities of remarkable people, and that is very interesting for your investigation. Make a note of it.
N-P: But how does she choose them?
J.L.: Well, I think she chooses them out of love, out of affinity. She is someone driven by emotions and feelings.
N-P: You who have been around her, did she possibly mention the name of her next victim or victims?
J.L.: I’ve heard that she still wants to impersonate me again starting in September. I moved, I changed precincts to try to escape her, but she found me. I also heard she’s going to take on the identity of a sick woman who makes a sacrifice with her husband, a woman living a very beautiful love story. And also, she’s going to impersonate a woman in a comedy who will welcome young people, and also, the identity of a woman looking for her daughter who was taken from her at a very young age. She’s certainly on many trails.
N-P: It’s going to be hard to keep up with her.
J.L.: Yes, she’s even going to try to write a book about her real life. Then, for once, maybe she’ll be a bit less crazy.
N-P: Theater too, right?
J.L.: Yes, she even assumed the identity of a producer. She produces at the Théâtre de la Gaîté Montparnasse in Paris, a show called “Les trois Jeanne,” every evening. Yes, she went that far. I’m telling you, this woman is dangerous.
N-P: Television, Book, Theater…
J.L.: Yes, yes. As time goes on, she thinks she’s invincible. But one day, she’ll make a mistake. I will catch her.
N-P: By the way, I heard she might be around. Haven’t you seen her?
J.L.: Listen, I’m here, and I was told she was too. But for now, I haven’t seen her yet. Ah! There she is!
N-P: Where?
Véronique Genest: Hello, I’m Véronique Genest. We had an appointment, right? But wasn’t there a woman with you just before I arrived?
N-P: No.
V.G.: A redhead.
N-P: No, no, actually, we were waiting for you.
V.G.: Oh, I thought, forgive me.
N-P: Are you all right?
V.G.: Yes, I’m fine, thank you.
N-P: So, a question for Véronique Genest. As someone who knows the French Riviera well, what does this place inspire in you?
V.G.: Côte d’Azur: Sunshine, sea…
N-P: A particular place?
V.G.: When I was small, Sainte Maxime, Saint Raphaël, Hyères, when I attended sailing school, Porquerolles… These are places that I love.
